Coat-hook



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER O. PIERCE, OF HERKIMER, NEW YORK.

COAT-HOOK;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,773, dated February 14, 1888. I

Application filed December 10, 1887. Serial No. 257,536. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER O. PIERCE, of Herkimer, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coat-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of coathooks which are usually made of wire bent to proper form; and it has for its object to simplil'y and cheapen the construction, and at the same time render easy and secure the attachment of the hook to its supporting-bar.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved hook; Fig. 2, a side view of the same, and Fig. 3 a front edge view.

A indicates the hook as a whole, which will advisably be composed of a single piece of wire bent to proper form so as to comprise an upper hook, a, and a lower hook, b. The wire a, forming the upper part of the hook at, is extended upwardly to form an upright arm, 0, and then bent backward to form an arm, (I, which is provided at its inner end with a tooth or spur, e, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. That portion of the wire b forming the lower part of the hook I) extends upwardly to the arm a, and is then bent over the top of the said wire a and carried downwardashort distance, forming an arm, f, which in turn is provided at its lower end with a pointed stud, g, which extends in the same direction as the arm d. The arm f will advisably be bent outward laterally a short distance at its lower end, as shown in Fig. 3, and the stud 9, carried by or formed upon said arm, will advisably be bent downward slightly at an angle to arm f, and will also be provided with barbs, which will prevent the accidental withdrawal of the stud. By bending the arm f to one side, as shown in Fig. 3, I am enabled to drive the stud 9 into the face of its supporting-bar by means of a hammer much easier than it can be done where the arm f is not bent out laterally.

In order to apply the hook to its supportingbar, the upper arm, d, is placed upon the upper edge of the supporting-bar and the spur e forced or embedded slightly into the latter, as shown in Fig. 1. The spur g is now forced into the front face of the supporting-bar, and, owing to the slight downward inclination of the stnd,theforcinginward of the latter draws or embeds the spur 6 into the upper face of the supporting bar.

- Upon reference. to Figs. 1 and '2 it will be seen that the upright arm a bears squarely against the front face of the supporting-bar.

andwith a'rearwardly-extending spur, as g, to.

engage the front face of the said supportingbar.

2. Theherein-described coat-hool ,composed of a single piece of wire comprising hooks a and b, a rearwardly-extending arm, d, provided with a tooth or spur, e, to engage the upper face of the supporting-bar, and a spur, 9, extending rearward] y in the same direction with the arm at to engage the front face of the supporting-bar.

3. The herein-described wire coat-hook, composed of a single piece of wire bent to form the hooks a and b, the upper arm, a, of the hook or being bent upward and rearward to form the arms 0 d, and the lower arm, I), of the hook b being extended upward, bent over the topof the arma, and thence downward to form an arm, f, and spur g, allsubst-antially as shown.

4. A wire coat-hook provided with a rearwardly-extending arm, as d, to engage the upper face of a supporting-bar, and provided.

also with a downwardly and rearwardly inclined stud, g, to engage the front face of the 7 bar.

5. A wire coat-hook provided witha rearwardly-extending arm, d, to engage the upper face of the supporting-bar, and with a rearwardly-extending barbed stud, g, to engage the front face.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER O. PIERCE.

Witnesses:

WM. H. FIsKE, J. S. LAMBERTSON. 

